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H. H. KRYGER. DEVICE FOR GLEARING THE SPACES BETWEEN THE RAILS OF RAILWAY TRACKS.

No. 426,131. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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NlTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY II. KRYGER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS J. CANNEY, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR CLEARING THE SPACES BETWEEN THE RAILS OF RAILWAY-TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,131, dated. April 22, 1890.

Application filed December 31, 1888. Renewed September 10, 1889. Serial No. 323,528. (No model.)

The ob'ect of m invention is to )rovide means for rapidly and effectually removing the snow, ice, &c., from the spaces between the rails of railway-tracks.

The invention consists, generally, in the construction and combination hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation and partial section of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section. Fig. 3 is a partial plan, and Fig. 4 is a detail.

In the drawings, 2 represents a suitable car, which is adapted to run upon the rails 3. This may be an ordinary fiat car, and upon it is preferably located a stationary engine 5, which furnishes power for driving the mechanism hereinafter described.

A frame 7, preferably formed of metal, is located upon the car and is arranged in suitable ways 9 at the sides of the car. This frame has mounted in the upper part thereof a shaft 11, provided in the center with a pulley l3 and at the ends with pulleys 15. The shaft 11 is preferably driven by a belt 19 from the engine 5. The frame 17 is adapted to be moved vertically in the ways 9, and is provided with suitable rack-bars l9, arranged upon one side at each end thereof. A shaft 21 is mounted in bearings upon the car and is provided with pinions 23, which engage the rack-bars 19. This shaft is also provided with a hand-lever 25, by means of which the shaft may be turned for the purpose of raising or lowering the frame. The lower end of the frame supports a cylinder 27, which is mounted in suitable bearings therein, and is provided with a series of knives or cutters 28, extendinglongitudinally there of. This shaft is also provided with the pul leys 20, which are preferably arranged between the outer bars of the frame 7. Belts 31 extend between the pulleys 15 011 the shaft 11 and the pulleys 29, and thereby the cylinder may be driven from the shaft 11 at any desired speed. This cylinder is of suitable length to extend into the space between the rails, and thereby ice and snow that accumulate between the rails may be cut up and loosened. Arranged in the rear of the cylinder is a plow 35, that is also adapted to fit into the space between the rails. This plow is preferably provided with the oppositelyflaring surfaces 37, which meet in the center at the front and extend to the sides of the car, preferably projecting a short distance over the rails. This plow is secured to the bars 39, which are arranged to move in ways ll in the car. Horizontal bars i3 are secured to the bars 39, and extend beneath the car to the frame 7, to which they are secured. Diagonal braces -15 extend from the bars 39 to the upper part of the frame '7. By thismeans the plow is rigidly secured to the frame 7, that supports the cutting-cylinder, so that the plow and the cylinder are raised and lowered together.

The car may be an ordinary fiat car or a portion or the whole of the top may be inclosed. I prefer to provide a suitable structure on the car to inclosc the engine 5 and the other parts of the apparatus, as shown in Fig. 1. This car may be run in front of the locomotive, or in any part of the train, or the plow and cutter might be connected directly to the front of the locomotive.

I claim as my invention-= 1. In a device of the class described, the combination, with a suitable car provided with the ways 9, of the frame 7, mounted in said ways and adapted to be moved vertically therein, the cylinder mounted in hearings in the lower end of said frame and provided with the knives, means for raising and lowering said frame, and means for rotating said cylinder, substantially as described.

2, The combination, with a suitable car provided with the Ways 9, of the frame 7, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set mounted in said ways, means for raising and my hand this 24th day of December, 1888. lowering said frame in said Ways, the cuttingeylinder mounted in the lower end of said frame, and the plow arranged in the rear of In presence of said cylinder and supported upon said frame A. M. GASKILL, 7, all substantially as described. A.- 0. PAUL.

HENRY I-I. KRYGER. 

